Kicking off a tour in support of her upcoming 11th album, Detour, it seems only fitting that pop icon Cyndi Lauper would play Nashville’s own Ryman Auditorium tonight, May 9! That’s because Detour is a country album, recorded right here in town, featuring covers of classic standards with a handful of big-name guests; something Cyndi, largely known for her pop…
Out in support of their refined, surprisingly poppy, and energetic tenth album, Painting With, Baltimore-bred musical supergroup Animal Collective will return to Nashville’s own Marathon Music Works tonight, May 6 (where they last played in 2013, after a series of delays) along with Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. One of the most versatile, compelling, and dynamic groups in the scene, we shouldn’t have to…
Set to return to Nashville for the first time in a couple of years, when The Avett Brothers announced their show tonight, May 6 at Bridgestone Arena back in December, we hoped that meant new music would be on the way as well. Thankfully, that is indeed the case, as the group gear up to release their highly-anticipated ninth album, True Sadness,…
In a perfect world, we’d all be seeing reigning R&B queen Beyoncé tonight at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. However, inexplicably, the singer, who announced the show earlier this year following an explosive Super Bowl performance, abruptly postponed her Music City outing last week, leaving many to speculate, but providing no concrete reason as to why (the rest of the…
Bonnaroo‘s 15h anniversary fest kicks off in just a little over a month, and, as we’ve done for several years running, we’ve been helping you get ready with daily artist previews, highlighting both the main stage and club stage performers for 2016! As festival weekend, June 9-12, fast approaches, ‘Roo has, in recent weeks, unveiled…
Our Tuesday night showcase series at Acme Feed & Seed is still going strong, albeit roughly twice a month now instead of every week, to make time for Acme’s exciting new project Acme Radio. Our first showcase of May, Tuesday, May 10 will feature buzzworthy North Carolina funk singer Boulevards, rising local indie rock duo Civilian, and brand new psychedelic r&b duo Okey Dokey. As always,…
Able to transcend genres, “scene” labels, audience demographics, and conventional musical business models, Say Anything, largely the live vehicle of eclectic frontman Max Bemis, have, over the last decade and half, become one of the most important pseudo-underground bands in rock. Celebrating the release of their surprise new album and ferocious return to form, I Don’t…
Bonnaroo Artist | FIDLAR Bonnaroo History | Newbie Stage & Time | TBA As we’ve been doing for the past several years now, we’re making it our mission to help you get acquainted with as many bands as we can from Bonnaroo‘s impressive 2016 lineup. We’ll start from the bottom and work our way up, paying special attention to the smaller…
LA dreamy, indie alt popsters Siversun Pickups and British indie rockers Foals, both celebrating new albums released last year, are teaming up for a spring tour which brings them to Nashville May 18 for a performance at The Ryman Auditorium with up and comers Joywave. This is Silversun’s first Music City show in a few years, and Foals’ first ever, making this…